Category Archives: wandering

A Good Talk

Posted on October 11, 2016 by metonymicalpen

You said, “I have something I was thinking about telling you, but I wish I knew how you’ll take it.” Your truth wasn’t something I had to “take”. I love you, actual you, real you, all of you. Knowing more of … Continue reading →

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Places: An Elegy

Posted on February 3, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I’m pleased to share news from my partner in life, David L. White, as we enjoy his latest publication.  His poem, “A Sonnet Just South of Kyrene and Chandler”, is freshly printed in the fall, 2014 edition of Southwestern American … Continue reading →

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Fire-Eating

Posted on January 23, 2012 by metonymicalpen

I had another of my interesting dreams. After a busy week of creative nonproductivity, buried under screamingly busy surface issues like traffic and work and grading and laundry that came out of the washer tied in mysteriously intricate knots, I … Continue reading →

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